​I am pleased to announce a new version of FoxTelem, Version 1.05. This
will make
you ready for the RadFxSat launch in 2 weeks time, at 01:47 PST (09:47
UTC) on
November 10, 2017. You will also take advantage of over 60 fixed defects
and
changes applied to the code base.
NEW FEATURES
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RADFXSAT
Accurately decode the data, display the results of the experiments and
forward it to
the AMSAT server for analysis by the experiment owners and other amateur
scientists like yourself. This version will also be able to download the
RadFxSat data
from the server.
POSITION CALC
You can use a new feature to calculate the position of the satellite. This
is
enabled on the settings screen. The TLEs are automatically downloaded each
week
and stored in EPOCH order. This will be used to plot historical graphs in
the
future. See the manual for more details.
WHEN ABOVE HORIZON
You can set FoxTelem to only decode when the satellite is up. This is
designed to save CPU power when many copies of FoxTelem are run at the same
time.
RUNNING MULTIPLE COPIES
You can run FoxTelem in a new way. If you pass a directory on the command
line then it will use this as the location of the config file and the
logFiles.
Previously you needed to create a batch file and run a special command.
That
will still work, but this should be easier. See the manual for details.
KEY CHANGES
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* Implements changes needed to support RadFxSat (Fox-1B) which launches
Nov 2017
* Simpler approach to run multiple copies of FoxTelem with different
configuration settings
* Calculation of spacecraft position for users on Linux/Mac or those
without
SatPC32, including automatic TLE/KEP management
* Automatic start/stop of the decoder to save CPU when running many copies,
based on FoxTelem calculation or SatPC32
* Runs on the Raspberry Pi 3
* Storage of the spacecraft .dat files in the logfiles directory to avoid
issues where the install directory is not writable
* Plots 450 deg and 180 deg Az/EL correctly
* PSK decoder in readiness for Fox-1E (RadFXSat2)
And many other bug fixes. Full list of changes here:
https://github.com/ac2cz/FoxTelem/milestone/3?closed=1
You can email me with any bug reports or issues that you see.
​73
Chris
g0kla/ac2cz​
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Chris E. Thompson
chrisethompson at gmail.comg0kla at arrl.net